Wake up this morning was at 5:30 to be in the Zodiac and 6:00 for a short ride to the small island of Tintoreras. We arrived there just as the sun rose. During our mile and a half are so walk we saw among other things marine iguanas, lava lizards, sea lions, penguins, reef white tipp sharks and mangrove forests.
Once back on the ship we had breakfast and then back in the Zodiac for some snorkeling in a lagoon by the name of Concha de Perla. Liz decided to pass and relax at the beach while I decided to get in some practice. The water was dead calm which was a great plus. I was so pleased that I had my best snorkeling ever. I stayed in the water for 45 minutes. I can't begin to name any of the fish I saw but they were mostly small and very colorful.
Then it was back on the ship for lunch. After lunch it was back in the Zodiac and back to the beach where we got into a taxi for a short drive to a lagoon frequented by flamingos. There were about a dozen in the lagoon and although in the Galapagos it was nothing special. Then it was a short walk to a sanctuary where Land Tortoise eggs are incubated. The Land Tortoise is in such decline that Park employees gather eggs in the wild and bring them to the sanctuary to insure they hatch. They are kept in the sanctuary for eight years and then released back into the wild. There were also several older tortoises being kept at the sanctuary for breeding purposes. Some are well over 100 years old.
We then had an hour and a half to kill before getting back on the Zodiac and returning to the ship for dinner. Liz and I found a small restaurant with Wifi and were able to send the last few days blogs and catch up on emails.
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